​Visitation will be from 4:00-5:45 p.m. with memorial services beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, August 4, 2017 at Jones Funeral Home chapel located at 6775 West Park Avenue in Houma. Burial will follow at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 5, in the Tickfaw Baptist Church Cemetery located at 6339 Bates School Road in Magnolia, MS.

​He is survived by his son, Shelton Walker; brothers, Jessie, Leonard, Billy and Cedric (wife, Evelyn) Tobias; and a host of other relatives and friends.

​He was preceded in death by his parents, Geraldine Tobias and Clifton Osbe; grandparents, Charles and Myrtis Reece-Tobias; great grandparents, Emmanuel and Melissa Powell-Jenkins.